Beethoven Violin Sonata No 10 in G major Op 96 // Naoko Keatley & Zeynep Özsuca

Naoko Keatley and Zeynep Özsuca perform Beethoven's Violin Sonata No 10 in G major Op 96, at the LSO Summer Shorts series at LSO St Luke's, recorded on 20 August 2021.
1 Allegro moderato
2 Adagio espressivo
3 Scherzo: Allegro - Trio
4 Poco allegretto
Naoko Keatley: violin
Zeynep Özsuca: piano
PROGRAMME NOTE
The year 1812 was a fruitful one for Ludwig van Beethoven. Along with his Seventh and Eighth Symphonies, he also composed this, his tenth and final Violin Sonata. It is notably different to his ninth, the ‘Kreutzer’, written nine years previously - while that was all fire and passion, this later Sonata is serenely good-humoured. Beethoven dedicated it to his pupil and patron Archduke Rudolph of Austria, who played the piano in the premiere performance on 29 December 1812, accompanying the violinist Pierre Rode. The composer carefully tailored the piece to the Frenchman’s playing style, albeit reluctantly at times - he wrote to the Archduke that while ‘we Viennese’ appreciated finales with ‘fairly noisy passages’, Rode did not, ‘and so I have been rather hampered’.
The sunny Allegro moderato is notable for its distinctive opening theme - whose trill is reminiscent of birdsong - and its hushed dynamics, the violin rarely rising louder above piano. There is considerable dialogue between the two instruments.
The tranquil Adagio espressivo opens with a chorale-like solo for the piano; as the movement progresses, violin and piano take the melody in turn. The reflective ending to this movement leads straight into the lively, strongly-accented Scherzo and its contrastingly lyrical trio. The finale is a set of variations on a buoyant folk-like theme, which are alternatively pensive and flamboyant in character. Beethoven plays characteristic musical jokes on listeners with a ‘false reprise’ of the main theme before Variation Six, and a sudden slower passage towards the end prior to the work’s exhilarating conclusion.
Note by Kate Hopkins
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The 2021 series of Summer Shorts concerts was made possible by the kind support of the Huo Family Foundation.
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